Alois Skácel was a football coach and held the highest coaching licence, UEFA Pro. He died on 19 October 2026 at the age of 67.[1] During his career he worked at a number of Moravian clubs.[1][2]
In Zlín he was an assistant to coach Uličný, independently led the third-division junior team and worked as head coach of the youth centre at Vršava.[1][2] From the summer of 2011 he was head coach of Zlín, and from the following season he worked at the club as sports director.[1][2] With Kroměříž he won promotion to the second division.[1][2] In the third division he also coached Bystřice pod Hostýnem and Hulín and was an assistant to coach Hřebík with the youth national teams.[1][2]
From 2014 he worked in Opava. For four years he looked after youth football and in the junior league led the under-19 side. He then spent a season in Hlučín and Nový Jičín and in June 2020 returned to Opava as an assistant to coach Radoslav Kováč.[1][2] He also had spells in Znojmo and in Holešov, where he spent three years.[1][2] He last coached Osvětimany, where he took over the team in February 2026 and finished third in the fifth tier of the Zlín area. He left the club after half a year.[1][2]
Karel Heinz, sports manager of Hanácká Slavia Kroměříž, recalled that Skácel was also a player and left his mark in Kroměříž with its first promotion to the second division.[1] The club SK Hanácká Slavia Kroměříž expressed its condolences on its website.[2]
Chronology
- — Coach Alois Skácel, a former coach of football clubs in Zlín and Kroměříž, died at the age of 67. → Deník: Zlínský kraj ZLIN.CZ
Sources
- Deník: Zlínský kraj — 19 October 2026
- ZLIN.CZ — 19 October 2026